First District Congressman Rick Crawford (R) launched his first television ad of the 2012 campaign.

The ad focuses on Crawford’s supporting for a Balanced Budget Amendment and his votes to repeal Obamacare. Crawford also plays up his veteran’s service.

“In the Army I was a bomb technician, and I can tell you our $16 trillion national debt is a ticking time bomb,” Crawford says in the ad. “Every child born today already owes $50,000, and they owe most of it to countries like China. It’s just wrong.”

The commercial began airing this morning on stations in Little Rock and Jonesboro.